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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1918
Page
2
This week the Red Cross urges every local member to collect their service flag button and ten Christmas seals at Bank branches or War Chest headquarters. Members are asked to visit banks to receive flags for each window in Winchester and confirm their War Chest membership.
A new B and O schedule to take effect Sunday December 22 will drop the 5 05 a m accommodation train from the Brunswick transfer line and Harpers Ferry connection. The change affects only this division with no expected Cumberland Valley Railroad modification.
Sadie Nichols, 15, admitted stealing chickens in Madison County and nearby areas. Police arrested her after her attempted escape and a warrant was obtained by Policeman Neville. She was committed to the State Board of Charities and Corrections as a minor in need of correctional care.
Prohibition officers staged a raid after a suspect offered stiff resistance. The prisoner claimed no search warrant was served, arguing that the prohibition laws require warrants issued in the name of the person whose license is in question.
Rev J D Haymaker of Strasburg preached in Bartonville Sunday and will speak several evenings this week Rev H M Linkous of Lynchburg plans to fill the pulpit next Sunday with a view to locating here Local flu cases are present but generally improving.
Blanchfield resisted arrest over liquor found on Cumberland Valley train No 7. He disputed officer W C Hall legality, fought to keep a hand bag containing the liquor, was jailed until February and faced a $500 bond. The search of trains for contraband liquor unsettled many travelers and prompted alerts to Pennsylvania contacts.
Public health missive extols Dodson's Liver Tone as a vegetable tonic to replace calomel. Claims include liver activation, bowel cleansing, and relief from sluggish, bilious, constipated conditions with a safe, pleasant tasting remedy for the family.
Officers quietly reached town and obtained search warrants to inspect Cumberland Valley trains. In Clearbrook they boarded the evening train and found Blanchtfield with unusually heavy luggage. He was arrested and claims liquor is for medicinal use while admitting two quarts were for a friend. He is about 38, married with six children and has hired lawyers to challenge the arrest.
A Williamson West Virginia note extols a tonic for a weak child claiming it built strength and made him healthy. Another claim states the product Vinci contains beef red liver peptones iron manganese and glycerophosphates to rebuild blood.
Mr. Joe Funk returned to his job Sunday after two weeks at home with the flu.
In a Linchfield Illinois letter Mrs D W Isley says Chamberlains Tablets give quick relief for stomach disorders and as a laxative. If you are troubled with indigestion or digestion these tablets will do you good. For sale by all druggists.
Mr. Clifton Clowser of the Ambulance Corps at Camp Meade Maryland has been honorably discharged and visited his mother Mrs. John Clowser. He currently resides in Martinsburg West Virginia.
Mrs John P Campbel arrived here for the winter. Mi and Mrs Melvin Grégn have gone to Washington for the winter. Lost Carrier's Rovie Book on Highland avenue. Reward at Star. A new series of Thrift Stamps will be issued soon get ready to invest.
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